Hearing Liens's confusion, Nora's face showed embarrassment, and she looked at Liens again, a blush spreading across her delicate cheeks, as if she had thought of something.

However, she did not answer Liens's question but changed the subject, directly stating her purpose.

"I just remembered something that can help you quickly recover from your injuries."

"Because I barely use it, and I've been traveling a lot, my storage space is filled with many things, and I almost forgot that I was carrying a bottle of water of Life when I left home."

As she spoke, she took out a bottle of water of Life potion and handed it to Liens.

"Reason."

Liens did not take the potion immediately but looked at Nora with a serious gaze.

This gift was a bit too valuable; if Lucrezia had given it, he would have accepted it directly, but his relationship with Nora was not yet at a point where he could comfortably accept such a precious gift from her.

Karma, cause and effect, every gift of fate seems priceless, but in reality, it has already been secretly marked with a price, all of which will have to be repaid later.

Liens, who already knew a bit about fate and had been arranged by fate all along, deeply understood this point.

If he accepted the potion, he would bear the karma with Nora, and he needed to know how this karma would be realized in the future.

"Then don't take it."

Seeing Liens so wary, Nora, who had kindly brought the potion, was a little displeased and made a move to take the potion back.

However, as she was about to withdraw her hand, Liens grabbed her hand and said, "I still want it."

Then he smiled and explained, calming Nora's dissatisfaction: "Miss Nora, don't be angry, I was just a little surprised that you would give me such a valuable gift, after all, we just met not long ago."

As he spoke, Liens took the potion from Nora's hand, not giving Nora a chance to change her mind.

Although this karma would inevitably require a price later, he really needed this gift now; he didn't have much time, and this water of Life just happened to solve his urgent need.

So, compared to the future cost, the current problem was more important.

"Miss Nora is beautiful and kind-hearted, with a broad mind, and I hope my slight suspiciousness can receive your understanding."

After taking the potion, Liens continued to smile and praise Nora, while also expressing his hope that Nora could forgive his small mistake.

"If you have something to say, say more."

Nora was very pleased with Liens's praise, showing a look of enjoyment.

No one dislikes praise, even though she had heard praise ceaselessly since she was a child, but Liens was different after all.

This was not only because of Liens's strength but also because he possessed that feeling of affinity with nature, where his every word and action seemed to represent the will of the world.

His words could truly bring a kind of blessing-like effect to people.

Although the effect was weak, that feeling of physical and mental pleasure was truly comfortable, so amidst Liens's praise, Nora quickly shed her earlier dissatisfaction.

"By the way, Miss Nora, could you answer my initial confusion? What exactly caused your aura to decline so much?"

"I remember you went to eat dessert with Lucrezia, didn't you?"

After coaxing Nora into a good mood with 'sweet talk,' Liens skipped over their previous unpleasantness and asked about his initial confusion.

After ending his battle with Nora, he had been studying Nora in the instance, wanting to find a method for extending Life from her and create an ability that could repair the origin of Life.

Not to mention breaking through the limitations of 'Life,' at least to prevent him from being so short-lived.

Therefore, he was very clear about how stable Nora's condition was; ordinary means simply could not shake Nora in the slightest.

Although he was in the instance before, if something major happened, he should have been able to sense it, or someone would have notified him, and Nora's demeanor did not seem like she had encountered any trouble.

Therefore, he was very curious as to what had broken Nora's 'golden body'?

"This, that..."

Hearing Liens bring up the question again, Nora stammered, unwilling to answer, her face gradually covered in a blush, and she turned her face away, not daring to let Liens see the shyness on her face.

Seeing her expression, Liens recalled the special relationship between Lucrezia and Isabelle, and then remembered her and Lucrezia's embracing behavior in his room earlier.

For a moment, he suddenly understood something, and a mix of speechlessness and shock inexplicably arose in his heart.

The speechlessness was due to the progress in Lucrezia and Nora's relationship.

The shock was that he hadn't expected Lucrezia's 'juicing princess' ability to be so strong, that she could even shake Nora's 'golden body'; succubi might even have to admit defeat in front of Lucrezia.

Upon closer inspection, Lucrezia's aura indeed lingered on Nora.

Before, he had thought this was left behind from the two going to eat dessert together, but he hadn't expected this 'dessert' to be a bit beyond expectations.

"I was just curious... curious to try... a little..."

Noticing Liens's strange gaze towards her, Nora knew she couldn't hide it anymore, so she quickly explained that she was just curious to try it.

However, the more she spoke, the less confident she became, and finally, her voice became as low as an ant whispering, and her head gradually buried itself in her ample bosom.

"How did she shake your Life force? Your path is very stable, and ordinary means shouldn't be able to do anything to you, who has locked your own state, right?"

Although Nora had shyly lowered her head into her bosom, Liens still didn't let her go, continuing to ask curiously.

Noticing the keywords in Liens's words, Nora looked up at him with some surprise.

"I didn't expect you to see the core of the 'Maiden's Path' so quickly."

Nora said in surprise.

She hadn't expected Liens to see through the 'Maiden's Path' after just one exchange.

Vitality is the appearance, immutability is the core.

Of course, this does not mean that 'vitality' is not important, it's just a different focus; a lifeless 'immutability' is not what Nora wanted either.

"I just have a small trick."

Liens smiled slightly, expressing his humility.

"No matter what ability, being able to discover this so quickly is also your skill... Never mind, since you're curious, I'll explain it to you. I'm very willing to satisfy others' curiosity."

The seriousness of the topic temporarily made Nora put aside her shyness and began to seriously explain to Liens.

"I see that your relationship with Miss Lucrezia seems very close. With your level, you should have already noticed her abnormality, right?"

"Miss Lucrezia's identity is not simple. I sensed the origin of the Old God in her. Do you know what this means?"

"My current state is the price I willingly paid... Her condition is a bit unstable, and to prevent the Old God' Corruption from leaking out, I used my own power to help her stabilize."

"As for the process... that's not important."

As she spoke, Nora's pretty face blushed.

"Alright, I've explained what needed to be explained. You are not allowed to bring this up again in the future, and even less to tell anyone else about it."

Nora glared at Liens with a fierce look, as if warning him not to leak the secret.

However, that tone, which was more pleading than threatening, made the expression lose much of its deterrence and instead added some clumsy cuteness, making her look especially adorable.

"So that's how it is."

After listening to Nora's explanation, Liens showed a look of realization, not expecting the source of the story to ultimately fall on him.

"Alright, don't waste any more time. Quickly take the potion and recover from the trauma to your consciousness as soon as possible."

"I can just happen to help you better absorb the Life force of this water of Life."

As she spoke, Nora placed her hand on Liens's chest, urging him to quickly take the potion and not to waste any more time.

Liens did not refuse Nora's help, sitting cross-legged and beginning to absorb the powerful Life force contained in the water of Life, using it to repair the trauma to his mind and replenish the depletion of his Life origin.

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